Across
- 2. - The oiler in "The Open Boat"
- 3. - the minister who wears a black veil that covers his face
- 5. - a wealthy southern planter and a slave owner who attempts to burn down a bridge
- 8. - ordered to move forward and explore the area that his brother scouted; does not recognize his own deceased brother
- 10. - A brilliant yet misguided scientist who tries to fix his wife by removing a birthmark
- 11. - a young wounded soldier who promises to return and either rescue or bury his wounded future father-in-law
- 12. - Roderick's twin sister who suffers from a strange illness. After apparently dying, she rises from her coffin.
- 13. - the minister who comes to give Mr. Hooper last rites/ he urges Father Hooper to remove his veil
- 15. - The owner of the mansion and last male in the Usher line and suffers from a depressing feeling characterized by strange behavior.
Down
- 1. - RBOC's protagonist; a young soldier fighting for the Union army during the American Civil War, experiences internal conflict
- 4. - Son of Dorcas and Reuben; resembles his father and is an excellent hunter. Is accidentally shot by his father in the same spot where his father had let his wife's father die
- 6. - Reverend Hooper's fiancée who wants him to stop wearing the veil
- 7. - a Union scout, becomes trapped under debris after a Confederate artillery shell misses its mark and hits the barn he was in
- 9. - Wife of Reuben Bourne and daughter of Roger Malvin. Cares for Reuben when he first returns and is under the influence that her husband stayed with her father until he died
- 14. - Alymer's wife who has a birthmark